October 2021 30 Day Rule/Focus & Discussion. All are welcome!

Discussion in 'Shower or Shave of the Day' started by Trigger, Sep 30, 2021.

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What is your most challenging part of shaving?

  1. Making a great lather

    4 vote(s)
    26.7%

  2. Choosing the right blade and razor for my beard growth

    2 vote(s)
    13.3%

  3. Try to pick the right aftershave

    2 vote(s)
    13.3%

  4. I do not have any challenges

    5 vote(s)
    33.3%

  5. Other (technique or issue)

    2 vote(s)
    13.3%

  6. Not picking the Veg

    2 vote(s)
    13.3%

  7. Waking Up

    2 vote(s)
    13.3%

  8. Listening to Brian Adams' "Cuts like a Knife"

    2 vote(s)
    13.3%

  9. It just feels so right

    3 vote(s)
    20.0%

  10. Long Polls

    1 vote(s)
    6.7%
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  1. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    RTR

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    Bama Samurai, Oct 7, 2021
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  2. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    Thank you, and you also!

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    Bama Samurai, Oct 7, 2021
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  3. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    Using those techniques on SE style handles should yield very good results. Thank you for kind mention of the videos.

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    Bama Samurai, Oct 7, 2021
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  4. jtface

    jtface Well-Known Member

    It certainly does! The MMOC is like a 'straight razor on a stick'... I prefer the blade rigidity and thickness of the SE blades - I find that it approximates a straight shave more closely than a DE.
    Hope that you're well!
     
    jtface, Oct 8, 2021
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  5. jgreenepa

    jgreenepa Nasal Barbarian

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    SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 2021

    This morning felt like a frameback mug shave day. The LeCoultre RT&Cie Frameback 6/8 was manufactured in Switzerland between 1850 - 1860 by the forebears of the great Swiss watchmaking firm of Jaeger & LeCoultre. In a sense framebacks with their replaceable blades foreshadowed the shavettes/barber’s razors of today. The blade steel for this particular razor was quite hard, but did take a very nice edge. Two passes with some additional buffing and flatblading left your happy narrator delightfully smooth.

    And since it is OC October what better vintage safety razor for my noggin shave than the incredibly efficient Eclipse Red Ring. This little Sheffield built British razor, while not strictly an OC, but more like a hybrid with the stabilizing bar beneath, was quite innovative for its time. One of the early handle adjustables it also features a magnet at the base of the handle for safely picking up dropped razor blades. I like it because it’s incredibly efficient, and never fails to deliver a very close two pass ATG shave as it did this morning leaving me porcelain smooth from the shoulders up.

    RAZOR: LeCoultre RT & Cie Frameback 6/8 (Mug), Eclipse Red Ring (Dome)
    BLADE: Feather DE
    PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
    BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Pure Badger
    CROAP: A&E Shaving Butter
    POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with A&E Post-Shave Serum.
     
    jgreenepa, Oct 8, 2021
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  6. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

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    FAT FRIDAY in October!

    Colibri (Hummingbird) with 1.3 mm open comb plate.
    Voskhod blade (4)
    Mitchell’s Wool Fat Soap
    Yaqi badger brush
    Cremo Bourbon and Oak EdT

    Awesome shave this morning. I had to break out the Fat to stay in Jeff's will. :D Love the Fat. I figured out a trick with the dog bowl. If you just let your brush "ride" the top of the nubs and don't press down too hard it seems to work better.

    Very nice three passes with the Colibri that had not been out in a while. Overall a very enjoyable shave.

    Happy Friday everone!
     
    Hembree, Oct 8, 2021
    #546
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  7. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Stando Eagle (Poland), Game Changer 84/Treet Falcons/il Coloniali Mango. I was thinking the Stando was a straight GC clone but not really. The GC has a lot more feedback and is more comfortable. The Stando may be even more rigidly clamped or perhaps it's just the different cap/plate interface that explains the lesser feedback. Stando seems a bit more efficient and less forgiving.[​IMG]

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    jmudrick, Oct 8, 2021
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  8. JACarbone

    JACarbone The Oud Dude

    Hey, no Fat for Fat Friday. Oh Danny’@Hembree, definitely will take notice. Sacrilege! :p Great shave Jeff.
     
    JACarbone, Oct 8, 2021
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  9. jgreenepa

    jgreenepa Nasal Barbarian

    Fabulous Fat Friday Colibri shave, Danny!
     
    jgreenepa, Oct 8, 2021
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  10. jgreenepa

    jgreenepa Nasal Barbarian

    Great shave, and thanks for again introducing me to another new safety razor! Enjoy your day, Jeff!
     
    jgreenepa, Oct 8, 2021
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  11. jgreenepa

    jgreenepa Nasal Barbarian

    Thanks, Joe, but I use it practically every other day! I think I’ll get a pass from Danny.
     
    jgreenepa, Oct 8, 2021
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  12. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Thanks :) . Stando now has a range of razors they sell through Etsy.

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    jmudrick, Oct 8, 2021
    #552
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  13. brit

    brit in a box

    fabulous friday endeavors gents..:cool:
     
    brit, Oct 8, 2021
    #553
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  14. brit

    brit in a box

    figaro friday
    sheraton
    platinum
    Mr.EE badger
    figaro

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    hello gents
    fun figaro friday shave
    lovely oud scented lather
    2 smooth passes in the usual manner
    figaro splash to finish..
    awesome

    ***

    the hardware

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    have a great day everyone
    :eatdrink047:​
     
    brit, Oct 8, 2021
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  15. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Thought yall would find this interesting.

    Dscosmetics has a new brush out for $40.00. It has an adjustable loft feature.

    An adjustable brush for your adjustable razor.

    Neat idea but I'll pass.
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    Hembree, Oct 8, 2021
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  16. JACarbone

    JACarbone The Oud Dude

    Nice comparison Jeff.
     
    JACarbone, Oct 8, 2021
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  17. JACarbone

    JACarbone The Oud Dude

    Wonderful shave and great looking razor Gary.
     
    JACarbone, Oct 8, 2021
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  18. JACarbone

    JACarbone The Oud Dude

    Interesting
     
    JACarbone, Oct 8, 2021
    #558
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  19. brit

    brit in a box

    thank you Joe.:):eatdrink047:
     
    brit, Oct 8, 2021
    #559
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  20. brit

    brit in a box

    i am sure you could build one..;):eatdrink047:
     
    brit, Oct 8, 2021
    #560
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